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bó tay

Pronunciation Northern /ɓɔ˧˥ taj˧˧/ Central /ɓɔ̰˩˧ taj˧˥/ Southern /ɓɔ˧˥ taj˧˧/
Listen
give up
Verb
give up
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
give up Core ActionsTheme

This phrase describes feeling hopeless because there is absolutely nothing you can do to help or improve a difficult situation.

vi Tôi đành bó tay trước bài toán khó này.

en I simply give up on this difficult math problem.

Parts
bó / tay / A compound of bó + tay …
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Components

Components

bó tay

OriginA compound of bó + tay

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
抪拪
Candidates by syllable
bó 抪（𣔩） tay 拪（𢬣）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
bờ tây / bỏ cuộc / chịu thua / thúc thủ …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Same meaning

Meaning links

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surrender vi: bó tay / ja: お手上げ / WordNet aligned
Use
bó hoa / băng bó / bó sinh / bó bột …
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bó (tie in a bundle) — words using
tay (hand) — words using
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